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PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX I 113 STAT. 150LA-529 subscribers who do not reside in unserved households shall not be an act of infringement if— "(i) the station on May 1, 1991, was retransmitted by a satellite carrier and was not on that date owned or operated by or affiliated with ei television network that offered interconnected program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated television licensees in 10 or more States; "(ii) as of July 1, 1998, such station was retransmitted by a satellite carrier under the statutory license of this section; and "(iii) the station is not owned or operated by or affiliated with a television network that, as of January 1, 1995, offered interconnected program service on a regular basis for 15 or more hours per week to at least 25 affiliated television licensees in 10 or more States.". (c) MORATORIUM ON COPYRIGHT LiABiLirir.— Section 119(e) of title 17, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "(e) MORATORIUM ON COPYRIGHT LIABILITY.— Until December 31, 2004, a subscriber who does not receive a signal of Grade A intensity (as defined in the regulations of the Federal Communications Commission under section 73.683(a) of title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on January 1, 1999, or predicted by the Federal Communications Commission using the Individual Location Longley-Rice methodology described by the Federal Communications Commission in Docket No. 98-201) of a local network television broadcast station shall remain eligible to receive signals of network stations affiliated with the same network, if that subscriber had satellite service of such network signal terminated after July 11, 1998, and before October 31, 1999, as required by this section, or received such service on October 31, 1999.". (d) RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND COMMERCIAL TRUCK EXEMP- TION.^ -Section 119(a) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: " (11) SERVICE TO RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AND COMMERCIAL TRUCKS.— " (A) EXEMPTION. — "(i) IN GENERAL.— For purposes of this subsection, and subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), the term 'unserved household' shall include— "(I) recreational vehicles as defined in regulations of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under section 3282.8 of title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulaticms; and "(II) commercial trucks that qualify as commercial motor vehicles under regulations of the Secretary of Transportation under section 383.5 of title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, "(ii) LIMITATION.— Clause (i) shall apply only to a recreational vehicle or commercial truck if any satellite carrier that proposes to make a secondary transmission of a network station to the operator of such a recreational vehicle or commercial truck complies with the documentation requirements under subparagraphs (B) and (C).